The 10 Best Summer Movies to Watch in the Summer

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Mister Roberts
(1955)

Hijinks, loyalty and camaraderie happens on a very unimportant Navy ship as an underemployed Mister struggles to get off it.

The Philadelphia Story
(1940)

In this Oscar winning stage-to-screen adaptation, it is exactly Midsummer when an aristocratic Philadelphia divorcee (Katharine Hepburn) attempts to marry below her class but her ex-husband (Cary Grant), a journalist (James Stewart), and a "hard day's blackmail" attempts to keep her from what she thinks she wants.

Summertime
(1955)

A lonely woman takes a vacation by herself, logging all that she sees on camera while unexpectedly falling in love with a married man (Rossano Brazzi). 

The Talk of the Town
(1942)

Attempting to spend a whole summer to write a book, law professor Michael Lightcap (Ronald Colman) ends up finding himself making friends with an accused convict (Cary Grant), a beautiful woman (Jean Arthur) and unexpectedly changing his political morals for better or for worse.

Angels in the Outfield
(1951)

A crusty old baseball coach (Paul Douglas) with an acid tongue and very little patience finds himself able to speak to angels who will bring his team to win pennant if he evens his temper.

The African Queen
(1951)

A prim and rigid sister of a missionary becomes unlikely paired with a callous drunk of a steamboat owner of "The African Queen" with a mission to bomb a WW2 German warship. 

Just For You
(1952)

In the attempt to connect with his budding composer teenager (Robert Arthur) and younger daughter, Broadway producer Jordan Blake whisks everyone away to a resort to repair the damage. Blake unexpectedly finds his son falling for the woman he might be falling in love with. Features a young Natalie Wood.

Roman Holiday
(1953)

Princess Ann (Audrey Hepburn) escapes her gilded cage for 24 hours, falls in love with a journalist (Gregory Peck), and rides around Rome on a scooter.

Gidget
(1959)

In the summer between her junior and senior year, Frances "Gidget" Lawrence finds herself falling in love with surfing ... and Moondoggy.

Damn Yankees
(1958)

Mad that his beloved baseball team the Senators are losing, a middle-aged man sells his soul to the Devil to be changed into a young man  (Tab Hunter) with a mission to take the ball team to the pennant. But fate, or the Devil, intervenes with something with two legs with the iconic name of Lola.